Vietnamese art-nude
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This picture, which I took on one of my trips to Vietnam, also fits into the series "Window in House Wall". Ho Chi Minh City - the former Saigon - offers a myriad of good such photo motifs. I love going on a photo tour in Ho Chi Minh City.
Towards the end of my recent stay in Vietnam, I had to change hotels. While I first lived in my favorite neighborhood Thao Diem, my last hotel was in a rather brittle neighborhood, without shops and hardly any restaurants. The sobriety of the environment is also manifested in this image of a street wall, in front of which only one person passes by (out of the 9 million that HCMC has) and the two chairs and a small table that stand around somewhat unmotivated. However, the minimal furniture is typical for Vietnam. You'll love these miniature chairs! In every local restaurant, the guests sit around on such plastic parts. Of course, this also requires correspondingly small tables.
A photo taken at a cafe in Dong Van.
Vietnam has many unique inventions. The dripper in the photo does not need paper as coffee is filtered through pinholes in the metal plate inside. And more importantly, it is very cheap.
Coffee cultivation was first introduced to Vietnam in the mid-19th century by the French, but it was the Doi Moi economic reform in the 1980s that spurred private individual farmers to grow coffee as a cash crop, which eventually made it one of Vietnam’s major export products. Vietnam is now the second largest coffee producer in the world only next to Brazil.
With the increase of coffee production, Vietnam developed its own coffee culture.
The taste of Vietnamese coffee is similar to, but different from, French coffee and now has its own right thanks to the dripper and a distinctive roasting techniques.
Cafes are everywhere like in France, but the difference is that the stools are often very low. Someone said that the price of a cup of coffee in Vietnam is in proportion to the height of stool in the cafe. I mean, low stool cafes are cheaper.
Vietnamese fisherman comes back from a long journey out to sea and washes himself to return back to land .
Vang-Vieng (Laos) - Photo prise à 15 bonnes minutes à pied du centre-ville en 2015.
Cette ville aujourd’hui peuplée de 20.000 habitants, était considérée jusqu’au milieu des années 1990, comme l’un des paradis terrestres. Je n’y suis malheureusement pas venu lors de mon premier voyage dans les années 1990.
De paradis terrestre, Vang-Vieng s’est muée en enfer touristique en moins de deux ans, sous les assauts des investisseurs chinois et vietnamiens, attirés par un décor de rêve autour de la rivière Nam-Song, cernée de majestueuses montagnes calcaires truffées de grottes plus ou moins sacrées.
Le tourisme de masse s’est abattu du jour au lendemain sur cette jolie vallée qui attirait depuis quelques années tous les junkies du monde. Conséquence, ce un lieu est devenu peu fréquentable avec un fort taux de criminalité.
Vang-Vieng a vite été rebaptisée " le cancer du tourisme " dans les années 2000. Mais en 2012, après avoir largement profité de la corruption, le gouvernement laotien à été obligé de mettre un terme à cette débauche, peu compatible avec l’image qu’il voulait donner du pays.
Aujourd’hui, la région est redevenue plus apaisée et sécurisée. C’est toujours un haut lieu du tourisme avec ses quads pétaradants, perturbant la tranquillité des campagnes environnantes. Mais il est possible de pratiquer un tourisme plus respectueux de l’environnement en parcourant la région à pied ou à vélo.
Vang-Vieng, the lost paradise
Vang-Vieng (Laos) - Photo taken a good 15 minutes walk from the city center.
This city, now populated by 20,000 inhabitants, was considered until the mid-1990s as one of the paradises of earth. Unfortunately, I did not stay there on my first trip in the 1990s.
From earthly paradise, Vang-Vieng has turned into hell in less than two years, under the onslaught of Chinese and Vietnamese investors, attracted by a dream setting around the Nam-Song river, surrounded by majestic limestone mountains dotted with caves more or less sacred.
Mass tourism swept over this pretty valley overnight, which for several years had attracted junkies around the world. As a result, this place has become infrequent with a high crime rate.
Vang-Vieng was quickly renamed "the cancer of tourism" in the early 2000s. But in 2012, after having profited greatly from corruption, the Laotian government was forced to put an end to this debauchery, which was hardly compatible with the image he wanted to give of the country.
Today, the region has once again become more peaceful and secure. It is still a hotspot for tourism with its backlashing quads, disturbing the tranquility of the surrounding countryside. But it is possible to practice more environmentally friendly tourism by exploring the region on foot or by bicycle.
Hội An, formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and noted since 1999 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Old Town Hội An, the city's historic district, is recognized as an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century, its buildings and street plan reflecting a unique blend of influences, indigenous and foreign. Prominent in the city's old town, is its covered "Japanese Bridge," dating to the 16th-17th century.
Mekong delta boat tour (mangrove palm area)
知り合いのベトナム人の友人とメコンデルタツアーに行った時の写真です。この方は以前新潟の国際大学の大学院に留学されており、その時知り合いになりますした。昨年より、日本語をズームで毎週教えていた関連で、今回はご厚意に。もう一人は彼女の親友で、米国の大学の博士課程在籍中で、夏休みで帰国していたところです。